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Government & Defense · NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

The comprehensive catalog of security and privacy controls underpinning FISMA, FedRAMP and much of US government security.
Book a NIST 800-53 assessment

Issued by

NIST

Typical timeline

8-24 weeks

Assessed by

Independent assessor

Validity

Continuous

Overview

  • 01Federal agencies and contractors
  • 02FedRAMP and StateRAMP candidates
  • 03Enterprises wanting a rigorous control baseline

Requirements

  1. 0120 control familiesFrom Access Control to Supply Chain Risk Management.
  2. 02BaselinesLow, Moderate and High selections, plus a privacy baseline.
  3. 03TailoringScoping, parameter values and compensating controls.
  4. 04AssessmentTesting procedures aligned to SP 800-53A.

Our approach

Week 1

01

Scope

We learn your product, your buyers and your deadlines, then fix the exact frameworks, boundaries and systems in scope.

Weeks 2-3

02

Assess

Control-by-control gap assessment against every target framework at once, with a single prioritized findings register.

Weeks 3-10

03

Remediate

Policies written, controls implemented, evidence automated. We work inside your tools, Jira, GitHub, AWS, Google Workspace.

Weeks 10-14

04

Audit

Mock audit, auditor selection and fieldwork coordination. Your independent auditor issues the report; we sit beside you until they do.

Year-round

05

Sustain

Continuous monitoring, quarterly testing and a renewal calendar that never surprises you.

Customer story

NDNorthstar Defense WorksHuntsville, US
Sample

110/110

NIST 800-171 requirements met

From CMMC anxiety to a clean Level 2 assessment in fourteen weeks.

CMMCNIST 800-53ITAR

FAQ

Typical timeline: 8-24 weeks, depending on scope, maturity and team availability. We'll give you a firm plan after a two-week scoping and gap assessment.

Yes, that's our specialty. NIST 800-53 shares substantial control overlap with FedRAMP and StateRAMP / GovRAMP, so we build one control set and map evidence across all of them.

Next framework

ITAR

Government & DefenseUS Department of State (DDTC)

End of the thread

A 30-minute call with a senior practitioner. You leave with a plan either way.

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